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ExxonMobil makes 10th discovery offshore Guyana

US oil major ExxonMobil has made yet another discovery off the Guyana coast at the Pluma well making it a record 10 finds so far since the world class Liza discovery announced in May 2015. Director of Guyana’s Department of...

Eco Atlantic ‘fully funded to drill’ with completion of Total farm-out in Guyana

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd which has licenses in highly prospective regions offshore Guyana and Namibia, announced on Thursday the completion of its Farm-Out Agreement with Total Petroleum's subsidiary Total E&P Activités Pétrolières on Eco's Orinduik block, offshore...

38.5 billion earmarked for infrastructure development ahead of first oil

Guyana’s Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, announced on Monday that 38.5 billion Guyana dollars – around US$183M – has been earmarked for major infrastructure development works in the South American country ahead of first oil in 2020. Mr. Jordan said this...

Favourable reservoir conditions and break-evens for development make Guyana a safe bet

US oil major ExxonMobil is rapidly developing vast oil reserves discovered off the Guyana coast in what analysts say are ideal conditions for a solid return on investment that will result in massive revenue for the company and its...

US support shows all parties now consider Venezuelan claim “unacceptable and fabricated”- Greenidge

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has described as significant, the decision taken by the United States of America to stand behind Guyana on the controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. At a farewell reception for US Ambassador Perry Holloway on Friday...

Liza Tier 1 contractor TechnipFMC to supply Chevron with wellhead equipment

TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) (Paris:FTI) (ISIN:GB00BDSFG982) has signed a Surface Technologies Frame Agreement with Chevron. This 5-year agreement covers the exclusive supply of surface wellhead equipment and service in the United States and Canada. Richard Alabaster, President of TechnipFMC’s Surface Technologies business, said,...

Guyana oil production ramp-up faster than anything ever achieved – Wood Mackenzie

US oil major ExxonMobil is pulling out all stops on its Guyana development in what industry analyst Wood Mackenzie says is a ramp-up faster than anything ever achieved in the industry with potential to exceed 1 million barrels per...

As Guyana preps for 750,000 bpd bounty by 2025, Goldman Sachs says oil shortage is coming

As the South American country of Guyana prepares to join the league of petroleum producing nations, American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, says an oil shortage is coming over the next decade because firms cannot fully invest in future...

Oil explorers looking at ‘large prospects’ offshore Suriname; to be tested in 2020

Despite recent disappointments from two exploration campaigns offshore Suriname, joint venture partners operating in the Dutch-speaking South American country are looking at “large prospects” in Block 42 which they intend to test in 2020. Kosmos Energy is the exploration operator...

ExxonMobil holds more acreage in Brazil than any other company

In September 2017, ExxonMobil had interest in just two offshore blocks in Brazil, totaling slightly more than 161,000 net acres. Fast forward one year later: the company now has interest in 26 deepwater blocks across five basins, covering an area nearly...

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What happens to the parts of Guyana’s offshore blocks that contractors give back?

When ExxonMobil drilled the Liza-1 well in 2015, it confirmed the first major offshore oil discovery in Guyana —...